The literary mother essays on representations of maternity and child care amazonca staub susan c books. The essays in this book examine the various uses of the ideology of motherhood in british and american literature from the 16th to the 21st centuries the book looks not only at the institution of motherhood itself but also at the social and cultural dictates that patriarchal society places upon that institution. The literary mother essays on representations of maternity and child care author susan c staub published on july 2007 susan c staub books amazonca. The essays in this book examine the ideology of motherhood in british and american literature from the 16th to the 21st centuries this book looks at the institution of motherhood that is at various cultural interpretations and manipulations of maternity presenting mothers whose roles are often empowering yet confining these essays scrutinize three distinct aspects of motherhood its